There are good reasons for the buzz behind “Big Data” and the promise it offers for business, government, etc. We hear about the importance of data-driven decisions and how they can deliver exponential improvements in business performance. But along the path to this better place some are distracted by the simplistic label “Big Data” and […]

Mashable just published an interesting article about Googles latest advancements in search. The article, Google Knowledge Graph Could Change Search Forever, describes a “developing vision for search that takes it beyond mere words and into the world of entities, attributes and the relationship between those entities.” Google is building a huge knowledge base describing entities, […]

I have been working in Content Management for over 10 years and been involved in over 30 content management projects. Sadly, I have never found a customer that was truly happy with their Content Management System (CMS). Most customers figure out how to work with the system they have and adjust their processes accordingly. Content […]

I am frequently asked if MarkLogic is really a search engine. It is easy to debate whether MarkLogic fits the classic definition of a search engine. In my opinion, this is the wrong question. The question you should be asking is “Does MarkLogic enable great search experiences?” The answer is undeniably Yes. MarkLogic comes with all […]

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Avalon Consulting, LLC transforms data investments into actionable business results through the visioning and implementation of Big Data, Web Presence, Content Publishing, and Enterprise Search solutions. We are the trusted partner to over one hundred clients, primarily Global 2000 companies, public agencies, and institutions of higher learning.